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Adding the Catholic Missions in California?
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May I add to the California Projects or Historic category?
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Oct 27, 2022
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“Dwelling Houses… stripped of everything valuable and which could be carried away or destroyed“ Plattsburgh N.Y. 1813
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Oct 23, 2022
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davidson
new_york
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3
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Niels Drustrup (1876 - 1957) Medal of Honor Recipient born today
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3
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Is there a sticker for Veterans of the Indian Wars?
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Oct 7, 2022
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military_and_war
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us_history
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48
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1.8k
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Would You Like to Join the West Virginia Project?
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Oct 6, 2022
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west_virginia
us_history
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united_states
appalachia
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2
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362
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Have you encountered the "Two daughters and two sons" Legend?
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Oct 3, 2022
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medieval
euroaristo
england
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us_history
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4
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293
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What was happening in the Dakota Territories in the 1880s
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Oct 3, 2022
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1
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“Fanny Allen, Daughter of Ethan Allen, Becomes New England’s First Catholic Nun” by NEHS
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us_history
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new_england
+13
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2
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342
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“When Satan Came To Salem in 1692” by NEHS
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Oct 2, 2022
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parris
new_england
us_history
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notables
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0
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Notable Sticker Requests: William Lewis Herndon and Ellen Lewis (Herndon) Arthur
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Sep 15, 2022
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Kathleen A “Kate” Moore “Lighthouse Keeper at Black Rock Light, Connecticut, 1817-1879”
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Sep 13, 2022
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connectors
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us_history
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1
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September 1, 1864 Atlanta falls to Union forces
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Sep 1, 2022
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us_civil_war
us_history
georgia
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history
sherman
+10
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2
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233
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Shared Photo: Salem, Oregon VFW - Thousands of Uniforms
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oregon
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1
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262
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Isabella Marie (Boyd) High (abt. 1844 - 1900) “The Spy”
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boyd
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virginia
us_history
military_and_war
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2
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217
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“The Clothesline Telegraph” and Dabney
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us_civil_war
slavery
african_american
us_history
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black_heritage
+13
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1
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360
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Woman's Rights Champion Dies
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ames
notables
massachusetts
us_history
us_civil_war
sourcerers
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1
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“Last of Civil War Generals Dies in South”
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ames
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maine
us_history
military_and_war
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3
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Union Civil War General Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810 - 1903) Fact or Fiction
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Jul 31, 2022
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clay
us_civil_war
kentucky
us_history
slavery
notables
+3
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3
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211
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Puzzled about a naturalization record
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Jul 30, 2022
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naturalization
us_history
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1
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Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr. (October 9, 1947 – June 27, 2020) POWERBALL Lottery Winner
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Jul 29, 2022
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west_virginia
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us_history
+75
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239
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Would you like to join the Appalachia Project?
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Jul 29, 2022
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profiles
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us_history
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0
answers
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BG Ralph Pomeroy Buckland (1812 - 1892) Mayor, Congressman, and a Senator
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Jul 28, 2022
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buckland
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ohio
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us_history
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88
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3.1k
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Do you have family history or an interest in Tennessee? Join us in the Tennessee project!
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Jul 28, 2022
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tennessee
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us_history
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1
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Sgt. John Carmody Attack on Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 “Fired Entire Line of Federal Guns”
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connectors
us_history
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1
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271
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Interesting source for Oregon trail ancestors
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Jul 8, 2022
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oregon
wyoming
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1
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208
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“Melvin Dwinell – The Vermonter Who Wanted to Kidnap Abraham Lincoln” by NEHS
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vermont
dwinell
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presidents
georgia
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65
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2.5k
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Do you have U.S. pioneer ancestors? Join the Southern Pioneers Project!
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1
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422
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Slavery in West
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slavery
native_americans
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westward_ho
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79
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4.7k
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Do you have family history in Ohio? Join us in the Ohio Project!
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projects
volunteers
+23
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57
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2.3k
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Do you live in or have ancestors from Texas? Join us in the Texas Project!
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texas
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alamo
republic
united_states
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41
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2.9k
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Do you have family history or an interest in Washington State? Join us in the Washington State Project!
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Apr 17, 2022
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us_history
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39
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3.1k
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Do you have family history or an interest in Oregon? Join us in the Oregon Project!
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oregon
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united_states
us_history
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219
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7.8k
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Do you have ancestors in the United States? Join us in the United States Project!
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Apr 14, 2022
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united_states
projects
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us_history
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1
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A "novel marriage" of 1875 California
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Apr 7, 2022
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newspapers
us_history
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2
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320
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Nugent Cavaliers and Pioneers V2 Look-up Request
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virginia
southern_colonies
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united_states
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2
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333
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Chief Justice Marshall profile needs work
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Mar 22, 2022
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united_states
marshall
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notables
us_history
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3
answers
652
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Shared Photo: Revolutionary War Soldier
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Mar 15, 2022
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by
Laura Biddle
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shanklin
photos
american_revolutionary_war
1776
us_history
us_civil_war
+6
votes
1
answer
325
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Eye-witness account of Tulsa Race Massacre aftermath
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Jan 25, 2022
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us_history
history
black_heritage
african_american
oklahoma
+11
votes
2
answers
287
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Interesting Civil War Nurse
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Jan 19, 2022
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by
Joelle Colville-Hanson
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us_civil_war
military_and_war
illinois
us
us_history
nurses
+7
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1
answer
273
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“Thomas Davenport Makes the First Electric Car in America in 1834” by NEHS
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Jan 16, 2022
in
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us_history
davenport
notables
vermont
goss
rice
+5
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0
answers
260
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New Page for Illinois 74th Infantry
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Jan 14, 2022
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153k
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us_civil_war
free-space_profiles
military_and_war
us_history
illinois
+6
votes
1
answer
251
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Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857
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Jan 9, 2022
in
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695k
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us_history
utah
sourcerers
categorization
native_americans
religion
+2
votes
1
answer
231
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“Elizabeth Peabody, Always a Bridesmaid…” by the NEHS
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Jan 4, 2022
in
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by
Andrew Simpier
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695k
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peabody
us_history
massachusetts
notables
palmer
sourcerers
+6
votes
1
answer
298
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Miss Florence Griswold (1850-1937) “High Thinking and Low Living in Old Lyme” by the NEHS
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Dec 26, 2021
in
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by
Andrew Simpier
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griswold
us_history
notables
connecticut
connectors
sourcerers
+12
votes
2
answers
284
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Exploring the "Confederate Slave Payrolls" ?
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Dec 23, 2021
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black_heritage
us_history
+13
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5
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616
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The 1704 Raid on Deerfield “the Deerfield Massacre”
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in
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by
Andrew Simpier
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695k
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us_history
quebecois
new_england
massachusetts
categorization
projects
+11
votes
2
answers
361
views
MA Revolutionary War veteran and family given "warning" to leave town, 1787
asked
Nov 23, 2021
in
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by
Jessica Key
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319k
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us_history
massachusetts
black_heritage
gomer
+3
votes
1
answer
250
views
Connect the Historian: Jacob Ernest Cooke II
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Nov 19, 2021
in
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by
Michael Stills
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531k
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cooke
military_and_war
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